Fly-catcher.



H. VON ESSEN.

FLY of AAAAA R.

4 IG TTTT Nt TTTT D APR.1B, 1.909. I f' .I 960,527, Patented June7,1910.V

mnann von Essen, or HAMBURG, GERMANY.

FLY-Garonne.

l fBe, itlknown that I, EHAR/AI ,ngvo'ir ESSEN, a fl'ftlzerl,- Hamburg,and :resident of. No. '58 ishulterblatt, Hamburg, in'the fEmpre of ,sqmerchant," have; -invented 4 a `new` and useful sly-foncier, or vwraththev foilvin isa Speciiicationx p catchenwhieh employsl a sucky oradhesive usurface, hasb'to' j'show the yfollowing properties, it isqdestined =to successfully conquer-fthe .generakmarket- It'mustrequirein 'itspr'oduction a-niin'imumin lmaterial and labor; itmustbea'slight as possible and de.

mand ^arninirnum .in space Whenpacked for` vtransport orsto'ring.` Whenin use, it must not^"be"'fl`ens1vely noticeable. In technical I"eg'ard,A such "a fiiy' catcher 'requires to be housed, Whenfnot in use,perfectly airand. oil-'tight,`in ordento jprevent the drying of the-gcatcher ofthe class specified must be reliable in its functions, itshould be adapted to be easily, vopened and l comfortably 'handled whenpulling-.out the sticky' band, WithoutI this possibility of soiling thehands orlingers ".-inits'- attachment fto thev place `of support.FinaIlysuch a iiycatcher has to be provided with a tape or stringl toenable the attachnient of-same Whererequired. for use. 'A y The'fiycatcher, 'wltich forms the subject of 'the present application and whichbelongs to the classof suchdevices specified above, an- 'SWer's "therequirements enumerated to perfection, b. virtue'of the fact, that thezigf -Wis `oldedband is contained airand oilftight in anenyelo'p whennotin use and sprovided with astring, -Whose tvvo ends rojectfrom thelateral edges of the sticky Band and are caused to cross Ieach otherabove the latter, fforthe purpose of being glued'in this' conditioninside the top closure of the envelop, issuing With lthe extren'iitiestherefrom. jIn consequence of the aforesaid arrangement, said two endsof the string,

when being pulled, open automatically the. top closure of the envelopand subsequently extract the, sticky band from the envelop u p to theylast zigzag fold, which remains in firm connection With the envelop.Finally the'stringserves Ifor tying the fly catcher to its -requisiteplace of support. y The lnvention consists 1n the novel comblparts, allas more fully hereinafter enplained, shovvn in'l'fthe accompanyingdrawings and I' `'speceatiolrof Ilette'rs' Patent Implication 'ineaApril 1e, 1909. :sensi No. 490,382.

p ue or the :percolation of the liquefied' gluev respectively; In ltsapplication, a fly nation, 'arrangement and adaptation of Y l'Patented June 7, 1910.

the-n specifically set out in the appended claims.V Y

'In the drawings 'Figure l shows the tiy catcher inside its open envelopin 'front elevation. 'F ig. Qshows lthe Vfly-catcher contained in itsclosed envelop. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the "novel vmanner of openingthe envelop to extract the flycatcher there om. Flg. 5 shows the 'flycatcher extracted from lts envelop and hung upready'for use. .I

The fly catcher consists of a band or ribbon a, Which is rendered stickyon both sides by means of suitable yglue and which is f oldedzigzag-Wise or in concertina fashion, in order toavoid every Waste inspace `When packed for transport ,or storing. It. is advisable toperforate the edges of the folds,

as indicated by the reference letter b in Fig. 5, so las to producepassages, which enable `the glue accumulating in vthe angle Theextremity ofthe top layer of the zigzag-Wise folded band a is providedwith a string, a tape or a Wire, which may be fastened by gluing in thedoubled back edge portion f of the band' a, as'indicated in the severalfigures of the drawing, but which may .also be fastened in any otherdesired and appropriate manner, so longl as t-he means of fasteningenable the two ends g Of the string or the like to issue and protrudefrom the lateral edges of the band a.

According to this invention, the zigzag- Wise folded Vband a is packedin an envelop, preferably produced from pergamin, so as to insure an ainand oil-tight closure, which protects the sticky or adhesive surfaces ofthe band against the detrimental iniuences of the outer atmosphere untilthe moment for employing the fly catcher arrives. The envelop comprisesthe center part c and the side iapsv e, which are adaptedto b e bentover on the folding lines orindentations d.

-The sticky band a is attached With .its lowermost layer of the zigzagfolds to the envelop. It is advisable to effectv the attachlio` ' bythefingers at the ment` by granting thelowermost layer of ltheband alarger size, so that its end "portion i projects froml they su rposedlayers or folds and may be stuck 1n between the cenlter Vpart c and theside flaps e of the envelop, .when they are glued I'tgtgether inwrapping the'ly catcher. A art rom facilitating the fastening, of thecatcher to ,theienvelop as just described, this projecting'mar 'nalportion .h of the lowermost layer'Or fo d of the band a prevents thetearing out'or Vseparation of the band from the envelop during theextraction of the zigzag folds in ex osing the sticky .or adhesivesurfaces of t e. fly catcherready`fo1'use.4 This is du'e to the fact,that the envelop is grasped and held ower edge portion inclosing themarginal. portion 71, of the band a, when pullin out the latter. I;

The two ee ends g of the lstrin issuing from the lateral edges of ,theban a at its top' end, are crossed on the'head ortion of the center parto' of the envelop, w ich over.-

l laps thelpackage formed by the zigzag-wise folded band a.Subsequentlyv the crossed ends g of the string are lued in between thecenter part c and the si e flaps e ofthe'envelop in closing the latter,as indicated in Fig. 2. It may be remarked here, that the envelop is4'larger than the ackage formed by the band a and that on y the marginalportions of the blank constituting the envelop are pasted to ether, asindicated in Fig. l, so that theA y catcher contained in the envelop isnot caught inthe joints, except at the lower end of the envelop by the.edge portion z, of the band afl and except at the top end Aof theenvelop by the crossed ends g of the string, which latter stand out somedistance from the hermetically sealed oil-tight envelop.

In Order to employ the fiy catcher, the ends vg of the string issuingfrom the envelop are grasv vd and pulled in the directions indicate bythe arrows in Fig. 3., By virtue of the pulling force exerted, 'the topedge closure of the envelop is torn open and lips 'i are produced asshown in Fig. 4, which are somewhat opened in pulling the zigzag foldsofthe band 'a through them. These lips a' serve to catch the .gluerthatmay run down s guide and collect this glue in the envelo on the bandwhen liquefied, and serve to m self to the precise form shown, foriruzmyo the details ma changed in form or position without a feet-ingtheoperativeness or utility of` my invention, and I therefore re servethe right to make all such modifications as'are included withinthe-scope of the fol'- lowing claims, or of mechanical equivalents tothe structureset forth.

What I do claim as my inventiornand'desire to secure b Letters Patent,is:

l.; A fly-cate er comprising, in combination, an adhesive band foldedzigzag-wise, an airand oil-tight cover enveloping said band and attachedto the lower extremity ofthe latter,'a string fast to the upperextremity of the adhesive band, both ends of said string projecting fromthe` side edges of the band to the lower extremity of the latter, thetop.

portion of said bag being glued together with the two ends of theaforesaid string crossing therein and issuing therefrom, so that bypulling the string ends in opposite directions the top .closure of thebag is torn open and lips are produced for catching the liquid gluetrickling down the adhesive band, substantially as set forth.

3. A fly-catcher comprising, in combination, an adhesive band foldedzigzag-Wise, having the lowermost layer or fold extended, a string fastto the upper extremity of said band havin both ends projecting from,ythe side edges t ereof, an airand oil-tight bag enveloping the adhesiveband and attached to the pro] ect-ing marginal edge portion produced bythe extension of the lowermost layer or fold of the adhesive band, th'etop portion of said bag being glued together witl: the two ends of theaforesaid string crossing therein and issuing therefrom, so as'to enableby vpulling to open the cover and to subsequently extract the stickyband therefrom and finally to hang up the fly catcher, substantially asset forth.

Il. A fiy-catcher comprising, in combination, an adhesive band foldedzigzag-wise, the folding edges of the band beingperforated. to enablethe glue to percolate therethrough, a string fast to the upper extremityof said Iband having both ends projecting from the side edges thereof,and air-and oil: tight bag enveloping the adhesive band and attached tothe lower extremity of the latter, the top sortion of said bag beino'glued In Witness whereof I have hereuilto signed together Wit i the twoends of the a' oresaid my name this second day o f April 1909, 1n vl.string crossing therein and issuing there the presence of tlWosubscriblng Witnesses.

' from, so that bypuiiing the string ends in HAR XI-D VON ESSEN Aopposite directions the top oiosure oi' the bag is torn open and lipsare produced for catch- Witnesses: ing the liuid glue triokling down theadi OTTO W. HELLMRICH, hesive banl, substantially as set forth. H. L,MUMMENHOFF.

